John Tams
John Tams (born February 16, 1949 in Holbrook , Derbyshire , England) is a British actor , singer , composer and record producer. He is married to Sally Tams, who is also his manager. They have a daughter together.
Folk musician
John Tams began his career as a folk musician in the 1970s as a member of the group Muckram Wakes . He then worked as a singer and accordion player of Electric folk group Albion Band with Ashley Hutchings several albums, including Son of Morris On , and instrumental in the production of Rise Up Like the Sun . After Tams and Hutchings parted ways in the early 1980s, Tams formed the folk rock band Home Service in 1983 . Today he appears more alone or in a duo with Barry Coope .
Collector and theater actor
In 1974, Tams and Neil Wayne made recordings of highly respected concertina players in County Clare . These recordings were released by the record label "Free Reed" in the 1970s, but were very difficult to obtain until they were re-released in 2007 as a 6-CD set, the so-called "Clare Set".
From 1976 to 1985 and again from 1999 to 2001, Tams was musical director and actor at the Royal National Theater in London. Most recently he worked a. a. at the shows The Mysteries, Larkrise to Candleford, Glengarry Glenross, The Crucible, Golden Boy, The Good Hope and The Mysteries Revival . He was also part of the creative team led by Bill Bryden .
He also worked as a musical advisor at Shakespeare's Globe Theater , where he was involved in the realization of the plays Holding Fire and Warhorse (both premiered in 2007). Warhorse was named the best piece ever performed on the Globe and has been nominated for various prizes, including the Olivier Awards, among others. a. also for the best music, together with his colleagues Chris Shutt and Adrian Sutton .
Television actor
John Tams is probably known to television viewers for his role as marksman and former poacher Daniel Hagman in the television series The Snipers . Together with Dominic Muldowney , he also wrote the music for each episode of the series. In 1996, Tams and Muldowney released the album Over the Hills & Far Away: The Music of Sharpe , which sold more than 120,000 copies. Tams and Muldowney also wrote the music for Sharpes's Peril , which was completed in May 2008 .
Singer
Tams has released three solo albums so far: Unity (2001), Home (2002) and Reckoning (2005), all of which have received positive reviews from the critics. In 2006 he won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in the Best Album category for The Reckoning , in the Best Traditional Track category (for Bitter Withy ) and in the Folk Singer of the Year category. During the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008, he and his singing partner Barry Coope received the prestigious Best Duo Award from Sean Bean .
Radio producer
In 2006, Tams became musical director of BBC Radio 2 2006 Radio Ballads, an audio documentary format previously founded by Ewan MacColl . The show was one of the nominees for the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2007.
In November 2007, Tams was awarded an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University . Two years later he received another from the University of Derby .
Music label entrepreneur
Together with the musician Jim Boyes, Tams founded the independent label " No Masters " in 1990 in the small town of Normanton in northern England . It specializes in critical-political folk and rock music à la Chumbawamba . Tams is constantly involved there as a music producer .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Sound carrier by John Tams in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- John Tams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- John Tams at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tams, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British folk and film composer, music producer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holbrook , Derbyshire , England |